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Learning Activity 2-A-1 Wiki Instructions

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2. Scroll down the page until you see the first "Link Goes Here."
3. Highlight the "Link Goes Here" text.
4. Click on the Link button on the Editor bar.
5. Click the External Link tab.
6. In the Link Text field, enter the name of your resource.
7. In Address field, enter the entire web address for your resource.
8. Select the New Window checkbox.
9. Click the Add Link button.
10. Under your link, highlight the "Your Name" text.
11. Type your name.
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To add an annotation:

1. After reviewing a resource, click the Edit tab in the upper-right corner.
2. Scroll down the page until you see the resource you reviewed.
3. Highlight the "Annotations" text directly under the resource.
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5. Under your annotations, highlight the "Your Name" text.
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PA State Archives

• Joel Filling

This site provides public records of the Pennsylvania state government and includes the following primary sources: historical documents, manuscripts, papers, photographs, maps, audio recordings, and films. These are great resources for History or government studies.

• Kerrie Basara

Moravian Archives

• Joel Filling

This site provides great resources for the history of Bethlehem, PA as well as the Moravian community. It also provides links to the German geneolgy for Moravian history, music, and a compilation of photographs from various sources related to the Moravian Church. This site would be valuable in history and religion classes as well as music and art classes.

• Audrey Marut

This site provides records of the Moravian Church in the United States. It includes the following primary sources: documents, pamphlets, paintings, prints, maps, photographs, and personal papers. These resources would be beneficial for History or religious studies.

• Kerrie Basara

University of Texas Map Collection

• Joel Filling

This link displayed a file not found message, so I searched the website for map collections and was taken to http://www.lib.utexas.edu/maps/. There I found a great online resource of current and general interest maps, as well as historical world maps. The maps of counties are listed by continent. This site would provide valuable maps for History or Geography studies.

• Kerrie Basara

Pennsylvania Geneology

• Kerrie Basara

This site is an excellent source of genealogical information for all of Pennsylvania's counties. The site offers primary source documents such as census records, tombstone inscriptions, wills, land deeds, as well as external links to additional sources.

• Joel Filling

US Department of Labor

• Kerrie Basara

This U.S. government site offers a tremendous array of occupational and demographic information, ranging from salary averages to job outlook. These primary sources come in the form of current statistics and studies.

• Joel Filling

National Park Service

• Kerrie Basara

This site offers an abundance of information on local flora and fauna as well as maps and climate. This site covers history of the land/park, news today, and motivates the reader to explore the terrain through photos and maps. This site would be beneficial for science, history, geography, and language arts.

• Audrey Marut

This U.S. federal site offers interesting information on history, besides informing the public about federal park recreation offerings. It directs the view to various museum parks and engages them in learning about history. For example, the Gettysburg National Military Park site offers a online collection of primary sources to view.

• Joel Filling

Euro Docs

• Nicole Kline

This site has extensive information about European History. It allows you to choose the country you would like to know more about and then provides you with many primary sources. Besides the individual countries, it has more broad topics you can choose such as Prehistoric & Ancient Europe, Medieval & Renaissance Europe, and Europe as a Supranational Region. It also has additional resources at the bottom that take to you to places such as The European Digital Library and World War I digital archives.

• Michole Pignato

Making of America

• Nicole Kline

====Making of America is a digital library of sources in American social history from the antebellum period through reconstruction.
It has 10,000 books and 50,000 journal articles available for you to search with subject areas such as education, religion, science and technology.

• Michole Pignato

The WWW Virtual Library

• Nicole Kline

The WWW Virtual Library is a site with a lot of information...almost an overwhelming amount! Though it is a good tool for finding primary sources. This site has been created by The European University, in Florence, Italy. It has a History Catalog you can search, and CARRIE, a full text e-library.

• Michole Pignato

Morning Call Archives

• Michole Pignato

This website is for the Allentown newspaper called The Morning Call. The archives has articles printed in the newspaper dating back to January 1984. The site allows for a basic search or more advanced search. You have the opportunity to purchase full articles online. Article abstracts are free.

• Nicole Kline

Photos of Bethlehem Steel

• Michole Pignato

This site has some fantastic photos of the Bethlehem Steel plant. They are photos taken by a man by the name of Shaun O' Boyle. There is a link to where you can buy copies of his photos for a reduced price.

• Nicole Kline

Bethlehem Steel Online

• Michole Pignato

This site is also focused on Bethlehem Steel. It is mainly articles about the plant. There is a really nice biography of the man who built the company. There are also photos of the plant and previous workers. The site also has a tour of the plant.

• Nicole Kline

The Avalon Project

• Ruth Camuse

This site contains information related to the law and human rights dating back before the medieval times. This information would be valuable in a history or political science class.

• Audrey Marut

Compiled by the law library at Yale Law School, The Avalon Project website contains a large collection of documents from ancient times until present, organized by time period. For example, do you want students to compare and contrast the inaugural addresses of two different presidents? The full text is there.

• Ruth Camuse

Eyewitness to History

• Ruth Camuse

Though this site does ads that are annoying, it also has a large collection of primary source material on a wide range of topics in history. For instance, read a first hand account of the attack at Pearl Harbor, brothers relating how they participated in the Oklahoma land rush riding bicycles, or writings of an envoy who dined with Attila the Hun. Original documents are not shown, but the content is there.

• Ruth Camuse

Ad* Access

• Ruth

A collection of over 7000 ads that appeared in U.S. magazines and newspapers between 1911 and 1955, organized by topic. Searching capability is available as well. Use of primary sources such as these can help students to sense what life was like in a particular time in American History.

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• Audrey Marut

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